Solms-Hohensolms 1677-IA gulden Dav-981
This specimen was lot 4604 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €400 (about US$550 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SOLMS-HOHENSOLMS, GRAFSCHAFT Ludwig, 1668-1707. 60 Kreuzer (Gulden) 1677, Hohensolms. Porträttyp V. Mit zwei Rosetten am Anfang der Vorderseitenumschrift und die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - 77, die geteilte Münzmeistersignatur I - A (Jürgen Ahrens) neben dem Wappen auf der Rückseite, am Ende der Umschrift das Münzmeisterzeichen . Von großer Seltenheit. Fast sehr schön. (county of Solms-Hohensolms, louis, 1668-1707, sixty kreuzer or gulden of 1677, Hohensolms mint, portrait type V, with a rosette at the beginning of the obverse legend and the divided date on the reverse. Extremely rare, about very fine.)"
The gulden or sixty kreuzer or two-thirds thaler became very popular in late seventeenth century Germany and dozens of princes issued them. Some of them were less than scrupulous about weight and fineness, sparking a proliferation of counterstamps. The SCWC notes the following gulden for 1677: KM 81/Dav-974, KM 82/Dav-975, KM 87/Dav-981 (shown here, struck 1676-77), KM 89/Dav-983 and KM 91/Dav-980. Of the types mentioned, this one is probably the most available.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 18,12 g.
Catalog reference: KM 87, Dav-981 var.; Joseph 277.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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